Passport to Prog (#PassToProg) – 9th December 2017

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In the meantime, here’s some more details about the show:

"And now for something completely different."

It’s a warm welcome to Dr. Brad Stone - the JazzWeek Programmer of the Year 2015, who's also here every month to present his brand new show on SoulandJazz.com - Passport to Prog - one hour of progressive rock, progressive jazz, jazz-rock fusion, electronic and experimental music with a particular emphasis on new releases by current artists/bands plus the occasional visit back to the classic era of prog along with material from in between.

In Brad's own words: "The ‘Passport’ part of the title is a nod to my old, dear friend, Jim Snowden, whose Passport Jazz label brought us a host of great jazz-rock albums back in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Sadly, Jim passed away earlier in 2016. Just a couple of months before he passed, we had discussed the need for a show of this nature, as an outlet for all the great progressive music being produced and released today, and had planned on putting something together.

When I first began radio back in 1978, at the legendary underground station WQAX-FM in Bloomington, IN, my program was very similar to this, in terms of the types of music that I featured. So, I am coming full circle! I am eternally grateful to my friends Don Donald Lupo (for getting me started in radio) and Neil Sharrow (the WQAX 'Minister of Communication', for his strong encouragement and mentorship). My shows 'Electronic Meditations' (1984-85, KUCI-FM, Irvine, CA) and 'Silicon Sensations' (1986-97, KSJS-FM, San Jose, CA) featured some of this music, along with the occasional progressive rock special from time to time.

There’s so much great music out there that just doesn’t get the exposure it deserves. I hope that this new program will help a bit in that regard."

Please feel free to get in touch with Brad with any comments or suggestions you might have; he’ll be more than happy to hear from you: brad@soulandjazz.com or follow him via Facebook or Twitter.

Stereo, not stereotypical®

Enjoy!

Passport to Prog
9th December 2017

Artist - Track - Album - Year

Gizmodrome    I Know Too Much    Gizmodrome    2017
Lespecial    Onlookers    Cheen    2017
Echolyn    Carpe Diem    A Little Nonsense Now and Then    1991
Echolyn    21    Suffocating the Bloom    1992
Echolyn    All Ways the Same    As the World    1995
Echolyn    As the World    As the World    1995
Echolyn    Texas Dust    Cowboy Poems Free    2000
Oregon    Lantern    Lantern    2017
Stephan Micus    Dancing Clouds    Inland Sea    2017
Jethro Tull    Clasp    Broadsword and the Beast    1983
Richard Burmer    Leaders in Fantasy    Treasures of the Saints    1996
Simon Phillips    Nimbus    Protocol 4    2017
Simon Phillips    Circle Seven    Protocol 3    2015
Brand X    Smacks of Euporic Hysteria    Nuclear Burn (Unorthodox Behavior)    1976
Soft Machine    Hazard Profile    Switzerland 1974    2015
Wingfield Reuter Sirkis    Ghost Light    Lighthouse    2017
Robert Rich    Reborn in Brackish Pools    Vestiges    2016